..Ray tracing aberrometry developed by the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (Kiev) and first tested at the Vardinoyannion Eye Institute of Crete is a promising technique for eye refraction aberration and refraction mapping...

..This study was devised to investigate whether ORA-derived IOP and corneal biomechanical variables might be useful in discriminating between subjects with and without primary open-angle glaucoma (GLC)...

..To quantify the progression of visual field loss in participants with open angle glaucoma...

Principles of Tscherning aberrometry

M MrochenDepartment of Ophthalmology at the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandJ Refract Surg 16:S570-1. 2000

..The deviations of all spots from their ideal regular positions are measured by means of a personal computer, and from these values the optical aberrations are computed in the form of Zernike polynomials up to the 8th order...

..To assess the repeatability and interoperator and intersession reproducibility of central corneal thickness (CCT) measurements made by a commercially available optical coherence tomography (OCT) system...

..To study the repeatability of Zywave aberrometer (Bausch & Lomb) measurements and compare the measurements with those of subjective refraction and noncycloplegic and cycloplegic autorefractions in a clinical setting...

..These disk size- dependent variations may influence the susceptibility to glaucoma or the likelihood of glaucoma diagnosis. This manuscript reviews the published evidence relating to disk size and glaucoma...

..To examine the repeatability and effect of an enhancement module on the severity of atypical birefringence patterns (ABP) using scanning laser polarimetery (SLP) with variable corneal compensation (VCC)...

..To evaluate the ability of scanning laser polarimetry parameters and a novel deviation map algorithm to discriminate between healthy and early glaucomatous eyes with localized visual field (VF) defects confined to one hemifield...

..To obtain a diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients with a specific subset of uveitis, serpiginous-like choroiditis. This subset has been suspicious for tuberculous etiology in single case reports and old textbooks...

..This article reports a patient with decreased vision following branch retinal vein occlusion in whom the Retinal Thickness Analyzer was used to establish the diagnosis of a macular lamellar hole that was not apparent clinically...

Comparison of ultrasound pachymetry and partial coherence interferometry in the measurement of central corneal thickness

..To evaluate quantitatively the intraobserver reproducibility of measurements of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in healthy subjects and an ocular hypertensive population using two nerve fiber analyzers...

Influence of operator experience on the performance of ultrasound biometry compared to optical biometry before cataract surgery

..To compare measurements performed with the IOLMaster (Carl Zeiss, Meditec AG) with those obtained by applanation ultrasound (US) and manual keratometry and to evaluate the effect of operator experience on US biometry...

Comparison of central corneal thickness measured with Orbscan and Pentacam

..To investigate the correlation between the change in visual acuity and the difference in objective posterior capsule opacification (PCO) scores before and after neodymium:YAG (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy...

..To assess the repeatability of measurements of ocular aberrations using wavefront sensing in a small group of observers and to assess the potential effect of measurement error on custom corneal correction due to this variability...

..This study was designed to determine the specificity and sensitivity of the Heidelberg Retina Tomograph I (HRT) using the Moorfields Regression Analysis (MRA) in differentiating healthy from glaucomatous eyes...

Research Grants62

..Columbia University has a strong existing framework in medical information systems, telemedicine, and public health, which will be leveraged to complete this training and research program successfully. ..

..Project 6. Develop a new concept of wavefront tomography to characterize the 3-dimensional structure of the eye's optical system from a series of wavefront measurements along multiple lines-of-sight. ..

..pathways involved, as well as an easily accessible in mouse model of CNS apoptosis that allows rapid testing of results obtained in cell culture for their significance on the pathogenesis of CNS viral disease in vivo ..

..We will visualize the distribution of the molecules within the sclera, choroid and retina to evaluate transport and characterize any tissue damage that might have occurred microscopically and by apoptosis assays. ..

..Findings will be important to the clinical community for determining future evidence-based changes in standard of care for glaucoma diagnosis and monitoring. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..

..The CLAMP Study is the ideal scope and size of study to train Dr. Walline to become an independent investigator and has the potential to change the standard of care for young children who become nearsighted. ..

..In an effort to discover new and use useful information with unsupervised learning, we will mine our data in visual function and structural tests for glaucoma and in specific combinations of population groups. ..

..insights into the relative contribution of microvascular disease to the pathophysiology and natural history of subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease, in representative populations of men and women of diverse ethnicities ..

..In addition, the knowledge gained through this investigation could also help in the identification of patients at risk of developing choroidal neovascularization, thus enabling earlier treatment. [unreadable] [unreadable] [unreadable]..

..The methods that will be developed in this work present the potential for characterizing the biomechanical properties of coronary plaques in vivo and may facilitate the development of improved therapeutic approaches. ..